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aaysr · 1 year

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We got an exclusive colorway in purple sparkle and it is fantastic…..Posted @withregram • @fuzzrocious BAT46 clipping.. NOW! #fuzzrocious #fuzzrociouspedals #stompbox #stompboxes #aaysr #axeandyoushallreceive #effectpedal #effectpedals #fuzz #fuzzpedal #fuzzpedals #guitar #guitargear #guitarpedal #guitarpedals #bass #bassgear #basspedal #basspedals #gearybusey #fuzzpedalsofinstagram #darkdriving #darkdrivingv3 #overdrivepedal #distortionpedal #newpedalday (at Axe and You Shall Receive Inc.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnFNKdhuE8h/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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bubblesandgutz · 10 months

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Hello again, Brian! New album is dope and on heavy, heavy repeat. So, thanks for that. Was wondering, now that we're a year out from you and the guys getting robbed, how are you liking the changes to your gear? I noticed your rig is predominantly Darkglass, do you still have the Meatsmoke? We're you able to rebuild your board with the same gear? New preferences? Thanks!

Hey y'all... big apologies for not getting through my inbox with any degree of regularity. This message is from last year, so I've obviously been slacking. Sorry! And thanks for the kind words regarding Gnosis.

Russian Circles were robbed in Chowchilla, CA back in October '21. Our box truck was parked at a hotel parking lot and we woke up in the morning to find the majority of our gear, merch, and a bunch of miscellaneous personal items gone. Personally, I lost two speaker cabinets, a synth, a MIDI keyboard, a baritone guitar, a bass, pedalboard, and a bunch of accessories (DI, strings, cables, multitools, etc). Oh... and they took a really nice pair of boots from me. Assholes.

It was an unusual tour for us because it was only a handful of shows and it was on the West Coast, so we flew out and Mike and Dave rented/borrowed a bunch of gear. I had just purchased three speaker cabs from Darkglass, so I had driven my rig down from Seattle. I was fortunate because my amps weren't stolen (they were in a beat-up cardboard box that the thieves must've missed) and I still had my Meatsmoke back in Chicago. But I had JUST bought those cabinets, so that was a very big bummer.

We were unlucky in that our gear insurance had lapsed. This was because the renewal email from the insurance company was sent to a label employee that had gotten a new job during the pandemic. However, because so much of the gear was rented/borrowed, it likely wouldn't have covered much of the loss. But we were very fortunate that fans were generous via GoFundMe and several instrument companies immediately offered to help us out (thank you Darkglass, Electrical Guitar Company, Dunlop, Fuzzrocious, and Keith McMillen). It was also a big turning point for us because Hiwatt loaned Mike a backline for the remaining shows, and Mike has never been happier with his sound now that he's playing Hiwatts.

Ever since the robbery, I've been cycling through a lot of different gear options. I was able to rebuild my pedalboard, but my new bass and baritone have slightly different sonic characteristics from the instruments that were stolen, and as a result my sound changed slightly. Most of my first shows back after the pandemic were nowhere near Chicago, which meant I didn't have access to my 8x10 and Meatsmoke. So I used the Darkglass amp and cabs for the TAAS shows, SUMAC shows, and remaining stateside RC dates in 2021 and early 2022. Russian Circles went back to Europe in Spring '22 and I rented a couple of Ampeg SVT3s for the tour just because they tend to be the amps that I'm most comfortable dialing in. I felt really confident about the sound I got in Europe... felt like it was closer to my pre-robbery sound... so I got back to the States and bought two cheap used SVT3s for our Fall tour. By the end of the tour, both amps were broken beyond repair. I finished the tour using my Meatsmoke on bass and Darkglass for synth stuff. The Meatsmoke is still an excellent amp but I'm nervous taking it on the road now that Verellen isn't making amps anymore.

My Meatsmoke and 8x10 are still in Chicago. Most of my Darkglass stuff is in LA. And since most of my musical activity this year has been in the PNW with Botch and SUMAC, I've had to cobble together a backline from borrowed stuff here in Seattle. Been using a pair of cabs that belong to Cory from Minus the Bear and have been borrowing amps from Science and Hiwatt. Both amps are fantastic. I actually bought the Science amp after recording the new SUMAC album on it, and am currently talking with Hiwatt about getting one of their DR201 amps.

So that's where I've been at with gear. If you've been wondering why every picture of my backline on Instagram is different, that's the reason.

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effectsdatabase · 1 year

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Weekly overview (2023, week 07): 16 new brands and 34 new pedals

16 new brands

Ando Effects

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Electric Eye Audio

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Giudis Pedals

Great Eastern FX

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Kinotone Audio

Rare Buzz Effects

Rhodium Electronics

SoundSlice FX

Wolf Devices

34 new effects

Boomer WF-24 8-Tr Fuzz Wah

Chorus TS-3 Tube Screamer

Colorsound Micro Mix

Copilot FX Arrow Airwaves Supreme

Cranetortoise SEL-1 A/B Box with Tuner Out

David Ross Musical Instruments Winter Storm

Davoli TSR/3 Tremolo / Sustain / Reverb

Dazatronyx THD Metal Distortion & Hybrid Germanium Fuzz

Dazatronyx TSX Overdrive

Death By Audio + EarthQuaker Devices Time Shadows

Deep Space Devices Boomburst

Devi Ever : CYMRU Godzilla

Donner Beltway Looper

Donner Path Seeker - ABY Switcher

Donner Triple Looper

Dr. Scientist Dusk - Analog Filter

DSM Noisemaker Sub Atomic - X-Over CMOS Bass Drive

Durham Electronics Quatro Plex

Ear Fuzz Effects Ear Bender MkI

EarthQuaker Devices Sunn O))) Life Pedal - Octave Distortion + Booster

Electro-Harmonix 5mm Power Amp

Electro-Harmonix EHX-2020 Mini Tuner Pedal

Electro-Harmonix Mini Slap-Back Echo - Analog Delay Reissue Pedal

Electro-Harmonix MOP-D10 Isolated Power Supply

Electro-Harmonix Nano Deluxe Memory Man

Electro-Harmonix Nano Eddy - Analog Vibrato/Chorus

Electro-Harmonix Nano Intelligent Harmony Machine - Harmonizer/Pitch Shifter

Electro-Harmonix Nano J Mascis Ram's Head Big Muff PI

Electro-Harmonix Nano Mainframe Bit Crusher

Electro-Harmonix Nano Operation Overlord - Nano Overdrive

Electro-Harmonix Triple Foot Controller

Fuzzrocious + Electro-Faustus EF110G Maggotor Gated Fuzz

Hall and Collins Signature Echo

nuX (Reissue series) Analog Chorus

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Last week's top 20 videos (2023, week 06)

Overviews of the previous weeks: https://www.effectsdatabase.com/updates/weekly

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pidge-poetry · 2 years

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The Genius Of… Total Life Forever by Foals

Expanding outwards from their polyrhythm-driven debut, Foals’ exquisite second album presented a bold vision of what 2010s indie could be.

By Andy Price | 17th August 2022 | guitar.com

Image: Paul Bergen / Redferns

Shrewdly calculating that this year’s lockdown-free summer would be one worth marking, Foals released the buoyant Life is Yours, which has been a regular accompaniment to our sun-wallowing over the past few months. Indulging in Yannis Philippakis and Jimmy Smith’s funked-up chops and sizzling leads has been a reminder of their creative symmetry, and how their six-string interplay has been crucial to more than a decade of adoration and acclaim.

READ MORE: The Genius Of… Fontanelle by Babes In Toyland

While the Oxford quintet’s angular 2008 debut Antidotes contained impressive cuts such as the pulse-quickening Two Steps, Twice, it was on its 2010 sequel, the graceful Total Life Forever, where Foals detailed a musical vision that sought grander objectives than just warming up the club floor.

Cribbing elements from EDM, synthpop, math-rock and funk, Total Life Forever’s 11 tracks reached upwards, grasping for musical ideas lightyears from most contemporary indie rock.

Free your head

Total Life Forever’s mixes were webbed with stereo-panned micro-hooks, rippling textures and tunnelling tremolo-picked plunges. There was the intricate knitting of hypnotic opener Blue Blood, the furious digging and springy counter-riffs of fan favourite Black Gold, and the chimed dual-note motif and slick lead of Alabaster.

Foals’ guitarists layered their instruments delicately. “I was never really attracted to chords, or distortion pedals,” Philippakis told Scene Magazine in 2011. “I like the idea of a transparent guitar sound; a guitar sound that’s unashamed to be a clean guitar. I think that you can get as much power out of a clean guitar as you can out of a distorted guitar.”

Smith’s weapons of choice during the Total Life Forever sessions included Fender Jazzmasters, a Gibson Les Paul Junior, and a semi-hollow Epiphone Dot. Philippakis relied mainly on his distinctive Travis Bean guitars used in conjunction with Hiwatt amps to achieve a gleaming, un-muddied sound.

“I had grown up being fascinated by Steve Albini and so I’d read about these Travis Beans,” Philippakis told us in 2019. Manufactured between 1974 and 1979, these distinctive aluminium-necked monsters are rarely seen in the wild. “I was after what was, in my mind, this really pure sound, so that’s why I was attracted to the Travis Bean with the Hiwatt.”

Effects play a significant role across Total Life Forever and indeed Foals’ entire discography. Namely the Boss DD-3 delay, Space Echo reverb, and a plethora of fuzz pedals made by US manufacturer Fuzzrocious.

Future dust

With many of the tracks were written at a shared Oxford house, Foals flew to the Svenska Grammofonstudion in Gothenburg, Sweden to work with former Clor frontman Luke Smith. “He was coming in and saying either, ‘This is going to work’ or ‘We should try this’ or ‘It’s not working on that’,” bassist Walter Gervers told Under The Radar. “Just to have an outside influence is really important because I think if it’s just the five of you all of the time you start to question what you’re doing.”

The Scandinavian atmosphere influenced the more introspective tone of many of the record’s best tracks, such as the most spellbinding Spanish Sahara. Framed around a cycling F-Am-C-Am-G chord sequence, Sahara goes from an intimate vocal-led arrangement punctuated by Smith’s plaintive chords to an intense maelstrom of sound complete with bubbling synth and a stirring lead. All the while, the same five-chord cycle repeats, albeit with Smith switching from delicate plucking to wave-like strumming. As the record’s lead single, Spanish Sahara was a declaration of Foals’ growing musical maturity.

Yannis Philippakis of Foals. Image: Andy Willsher / Redferns / Getty Images

Singularity, is here to stay

Though broadly more reflective in tone, Foals’ more optimistic side revealed itself too. There’s the relentless funk energy of second track Miami, the delirious riff that kicks off 2 Trees and, best of all, the beaming This Orient, which was unlike anything else around it. It was also a clear example of Foals’ ability to craft stadium-filling choruses. Melding guitar and synth arpeggios with heart-stopping drum salvos, a delay-soaked, tremolo-picked lift-off, and a rolling rhythmic pulse, This Orient pounds its way towards one of the biggest hooks in the whole Foals songbook. It was an engrossing forebearer of what the band would grow into over the following decade.

Though five more studio albums followed, Total Life Forever remains one of the band’s strongest, particularly for guitar fans. Never resorting to cliché or angry powerchord meltdowns, Philippakis and Smith showcase nuance at every turn.

Total Life Forever also reconfigured the breadth of Foals’ ambitions by some degree. Confidently displaying a wider share of moods, tones and styles, the album set an early benchmark for the band, and did much to expand the language of 2010s rock.

Jimmy Smith of Foals. Image: Andy Willsher / Redferns / Getty Images

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Foals, Total Life Forever (Transgressive/Sub-Pop, 2010)

Credits

Yannis Philippakis – Vocals and guitar

Jimmy Smith – Guitar

Jack Bevan – Drums

Walter Gervers – Bass, backing vocals

Edwin Congreave – Keyboard, backing vocals

Luke Smith – Production

Standout guitar moment

Black Gold

#foals #total life forever #interviews #liy era #guitar.com

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axeandyoushallreceive · 2 years

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Fuzzrocious has the colours………Posted @withregram • @richtigash NPD Fuzzrocious Afterlife reverb. #fuzzrocious #fuzzrociousafterlife #effectspedals #reverbpedal @fuzzrocious (at Axe and You Shall Receive Inc.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXesgzfOS8A/?utm_medium=tumblr

#fuzzrocious #fuzzrociousafterlife #effectspedals #reverbpedal

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wilsoneffects-blog · 3 years

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Happy to be next to the work of friends in the industry! Looking good man! Repost from @feralwillmusic • pedalboardOS 3.1 update feels v nice #guitar #pedalboard #explore #sound #wah #fuzz #chorus #reverb #delay #overdrive #pastfx #wrenandcuff #ehx #ibanez #wilsoneffects #walrusaudio #fuzzrocious #zvex #dbz #ssj3 #guitarpedals #knowyourtone #guitarist #guitareffects #geartalk #pedalboardoftheday https://www.instagram.com/p/CSy02bhrr_z/?utm_medium=tumblr

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fuzzkaizer · 5 years

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Fuzzrocious Pedaks - Knob Jawn

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cred: fuzzrociouspedals.com/knobjawn

#fuzzrocious #inspiring interfaces

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fuckyeaheffectspedals · 6 years

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This is the current collection of stuff after I “cut some fat” and then acquired a pedal or two... Jeez.

#pedals #effects #gear #pedaltrain #damnation audio #electronic audio experiments #fuzzrocious #adventure audio #blackout effectors #ibanez DE7 #danelectro #midnight amplification devices #robot graves

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garyd87 · 5 years

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Dat setup. #ampeg #schecter #modeltsession5 #fuzzrocious #earthquakerdevices #voodoolab #fulltoneocd https://www.instagram.com/p/BufSixWFry9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xgtvoii4a1pb

#ampeg #schecter #modeltsession5 #fuzzrocious #earthquakerdevices #voodoolab #fulltoneocd

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timploeger · 2 years

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Fuzzrocious

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drumcorps · 6 years

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Here’s part of the travel rig for last week in the UK. One of the biggest challenges of using lots of realtime gear is keeping it all connected / avoiding cable spaghetti / setting the whole thing up in a club at 3 am after an intense travel day. This helps a bit. All is Velcro and planning 👍

#fuzzrocious #komaelectronik #fieldkit #gameboy #akaimpc

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aaysr · 10 months

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